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Professor Clive Chirwa walks away with the Distinction of the Year Award during the UK Zambia Excellence awards ceremony in London
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Zambia Railways Limited chief executive officer Clive Chirwa (left)
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The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested former Zambia Railways Limited Chief Executive Officer Professor Clive Chirwa for alleged Corrupt Practices involving over K280, 000.00

Prof. Chirwa was arrested yesterday and charged with two (2) counts.

In the first count, Prof. Chirwa is charged with failure to Disclose Interest contrary to section 28 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act No.3 of 2012.

Details are that Prof. Chirwa, 59, between 1st November, 2012 and 31st December, 2012 as CEO of Zambia Railways Limited recommended at the Zambia Railways Board meeting that Clavel Incorporated Limited, a company in which he is a shareholder be given a contract to train Zambia Railways employees without disclosing interest contrary to section 28 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act No.3 of 2012.

In the second count, Prof. Chirwa is jointly charged with Ms. Regina Mwale, 50, and Finance Director of Zambia Railways Limited for Abuse of Authority of Office contrary to section 99 (1) of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Details are that between 1st November, 2012 and 30th April, 2013 Prof. Chirwa and Ms. Mwale whilst acting together abused the authority of their office by authorizing a total payment of K289, 128.84 to Fallsway Apartments of Lusaka for accommodation for the benefit of Pro. Chirwa without following laid down procedures.

Prof. Chirwa and his co-accused who have since appeared in the Kabwe Magistrate Court have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Christopher Chibanku
CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICER
FOR/ DIRECTOR GENERAL

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106 COMMENTS

  1. Atase! The ACC has outlived its usefulness.You let Kabimba go and you go after a person who has a heart for Zambia.What message have you just sent to those people abroad who want to develope Zambia? STAY ABROAD DON’T COME AND WORK FOR THE LOSERS BACK HOME,THERE IS HIGH PROBABILITY YOU WILL BE ARRESTED.TRY AFTER 2016

    • They FAILED to link Kabimba to his Midland company and swept under the carpet…diasporan or not if the prof. broke the law he should face the music, he should know better.

    • @Liam – who told you that Clive has a heart for Zambia and Kabimba hasn’t? Imwe ma-Zambians please be mature in your reflections on reality. What is this excitement all about? Do you actually know Clive Chirwa and Kabimba personally for you to make such wild declarations and claims? Stop think thinking through your bottom and use your head please. And then what will you say tomorrow if you actually found out the truth about Clive? Tone down and stop acting like children. These are just himan beings who are not perfect and you can’t come here and start defending Clive as if you know him personally. Because of being narrow in mental scope, Zambians tend to reduce everything down to politics. That is why foreign investors are firing them and replacing them with foreign workers.

    • @mulupa
      Why are trying to throw your know it all altitude all over? between kabimba and prof chirwa both might be devils… but prof chirwa is a better devil !!
      Now when prof chirwa was let go, the govt come out, cleared prof chirwa of all allegations and declared that no fraud had occured and that eurobond was intact..
      And the ACC is not professional and cant be truth, believe me there are some evil hands behind this arrest, Prof chirwa i think made a mistake suing the govt to claim his passport and somewhere along the line he(prof chirwa) made enemies with the `great` mmembe..

      lets wait and see!!!

    • “He informed the very first meeting of the board that he will hire the company to offer this service. He was advised then that the board would not allow single sourcing as it is against government procurement regulations and that the President has already made a clear position on this. Coming from outside, he was actually briefed of some cases currently in the courts of law regarding anomalous procurement practices. After investigations by the board, it was established that this company, registered in 2000 in the UK, is (as per the filed accounts for the financial year ending 31 August 2011, signed by Clive Chirwa himself) a dormant company with hardly any assets and owned by Clive Chirwa and his family members (wife and two sons). This information is available for public scrutiny.

    • If this topic wasn’t so poignant some of your comments would be hilarious! How many people have been arrested by PF’s ACC since 2011?We have had all main opposition leaders arrested,opposition Mps like Nkombo,journalists,human rights activists,parastatal heads etc all these were arrested and there was lots of noise and excitement in the media initially.|For some the DPP put his tail between his legs and entered nolle prosequi for others their cases have been thrown out by the courts.Do you remember the gold scandal RB was accused of?How come we’ve stopped hearing about it.Zambians are so gullible .You truly deserve PF.

    • But how? Has Prof Chirwa has still been in Kabwe? I thought this man said he would fly back to the UK anytime after leaving the ZR CEO job which we were told was actually A FAVOUR he was doing the country!

    • There’s just a kind of stupidity in some people which education can never remove. how could a whole Professor undermine the intelligence of Zambians and think they wouldn’t detect such a simple thing? And given the amount involved, should we really believe this man’s story that he was as comfortable in the UK as he claimed?

    • I know its punishment for refusing to campaign for PF in Mkaika. They told him to go and help boost support for PF but he refused. When threatened he decided to demand for his passport so he could escape to the UK. But the PF are not through with him yet. Thats why they have blocked him by slapping him a charge that allows them to hold on to his passport. The major thing they are scared of is that if he leaves Zambia, he will talk and expose all the rampant corruption and theft taking place in PF and it government.

      Any way he has himself to blame for the mess he is in. It is his greed responsible for his suffering. With sata you don’t question anything.You do as told and shut up. At the moment Sata only listens MKCMN. For him to survive he must sing praises for Sata day and night.

    • Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo……
      I have learnt from this i never ever never ever gonna go work in Zambiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

    • This is quite disheartening. Clive excited Zambians with his vision but we didn’t know his weaknesses.

      Part of the reason for differing with ZR board was the way he wanted to do everything and I mean everything alone even when such needed approval from the board.

      Zambians in diaspora, don’t look down upon the fellow citizens back home thinking you been there done that, so you know it all

    • True HH does not have leadership qualities. He will never rule this country. Maybe if GWEMBE can a country, then he can rule the GWEMBE people.

    • @ Wisdom and Mphangwe take heart . Chipimo, Nawakwi, Nervous or Milupi are not threats. Is it so difficult to understand? Ati educated my foot!

    • Indeed it speaks volumes about HH ‘s intelligence and wisdom. The man is more intelligent and wise than anyone in PF. That explains why he did not want work with Sata in government in the first place. He carried out a critical analysis on Sata ‘s thinking and reached a conclusion that Sata is a Chimbwi with out a plan(CNP) and to work with him would have been an insult to his intelligence and wisdom. So he jumped off the boat at the earliest opportunity.

      For people like Prof Chirwa without wisdom they easily took the bait and are now victims of their poor decision making process. HH tried to share his wisdom with Prof but Prof thought academia is superior than wisdom and ignored sound advice. Where is he now?

      Sata is canning. He draws his enemies closer and then destroys them.

    • how do you define leadership and who a leader is? What moderates and influences leadership? What is the role ‘education’ in leadership?

  4. Welcome to Zambia, I saw this one coming, now its time to sit, relax and see this story unfolding. Good luck Pro Chirwa.

    • The saddest part of it is why this rent supervised by the controlling officer( PS WORKS AND SUPPLY), the ACC are not joining the PS to these charges…………Once convicted Prof Chirwa becomes a criminal of rent while the Conspiracy Board members laugh…………..sad sad sad- Worst humiliation!

    • Iwe leave Prof Saasa alone , you tribalist. Why the heck don’t you tell us what corruption he has been engaged in rather than barking off like a rabid dog! Ni ma jealousy?

  8. No. Please let the man enjoy his clean life. All this charges are indicating that he did not pocket the money, the first one was an intention and not that he committed it, the second one indicates that he paid out what was due the apartment owners.

  11. And then the government makes calls inviting all Proffessional Zambians out there in the diaspora to come back home and help mother Zambia, do you think anyone would dream of coming back to go to chimbokaila??? I personally wouldn’t, the environment is not condusive

    • @ N@kom – Lol! Yes please diasporans must go back to home and help mother Zambia….NOT STEAL FROM MOTHER ZAMBIA. If you steal, of course you end up like Clive Chirwa.

    • @Mulupa
      You seem to have a personal bone to pick: last time it was NOT guilty until proven. It’s like majelousy to muuch. musiyeko mwe!

    • 11.1 is right ! If your intention is to come back and misapply resources ( I’m avoiding the word “STEAL” ) , then you better stay where you are !

    • It’s like you’re also a thief even b4 coming back to Zambia. Why should you worry about Chimbokaila if you know you can’t steal ??? don’t come back you thieves coz we don’t need you

    • Iwe Chiwanangala, if you are clean, then you can work, you mean you can not see anything wrong with what Chirwa did. Using your own company for business with where you work, especially without declaring interest, single sourced is an offence even in the UK, Why should it be okey in Zambia. Go back to Zed and work in a clean manner, the law would not visit you.

  13. The Pro compromized his principles and got involved with a group of questionable characters. He ended up joining them in the dirt.

  16. The PF forgave him, but he went ahead and sued the government to give him his passport back. So they are reacting and punishing him. That’s why he is in court. It is like he is ungrateful to the president for cushioning him.

    He should just have applied for his passport without going to court.

  19. Dude, you shouldn’t have come back. You needed to first use those analytically skills of yours to analyse the people you were coming to work with but you didn’t. Anyways, like mama always says, ‘Let this be a lesson learnt.’

  20. Makes Zambians in the diaspora wonder, is it truly worth going back home to help Zambia develop when you would end up being humiliated in this manner. So Chirwa is being charged for paying his rent billings at Fallsway as CEO of ZR, while the Minister of transport, accumulated over K400,000 at the same apartments and is set free? DOUBLE STANDARDS PF. Kwenaa, I have never seen such Rubbish.

    • The issue of Zambians in the diaspora going back to Zambia is more complex than this issue alone ! Indeed a lot of wise Zambians are actually investing in Zambia ! Furthermore , Zambians in the diaspora are diverse ! Some are high powered professionals while on the other end of the scale , some do menial jobs ! Additionally , some Zambians who are not in the diaspora are doing quite well and slowly investing in Zambia ! I think the best way is to have an open mind and see where you can best fit in ! Don’t just justify your continued stay away from Zambia by citing examples like Prof Chirwa only !

    • Iwe Ulichikopo sana ayii?? Haven’t you read that he paid the rent without following procedures?? he was only with his finance director maybe he started going out with her no wonder she never supported the board

    • @Chiwanangala: telling abanenu ubukopo bwenu? Read the previous articles about this matter, then you will understand. CEO & Finance Director are signatories / Senior executives, who don’t even prepare payment vouchers?? so what proper procedures are you talking about, when settling an Account Payable?? You went on to accuse the lady maybe going out with Chilwa?? Why would you not think maybe its motives by Board members when they had refused to pay them Allowances for doing nothing, which is stealing from poor Zambians?? Please don’t conclude before facts. As you are showing your true dullness.

  21. Sorry Chirwa.Looks like these guys are determined to throw your name and reputation in the mud.You made a mistake the moment you accepted that job in Zambia.This is what happens when one works with semi-illiterates.I believe you will be vindicated eventually.Good luck !!!

    • @jay jay
      you are partly right, the prof should have know better, he should have demanded for a written contract in black & white. He should have known every other entiltments which were going with that job including accomodation in black and white!! i think the prof acted a bit desperate!!

  22. Professor chirwa is innocent. there people in Zambia who always want to bit big from every resource through boards . these are the same people frustrating every talent because of selfishness. where are we taking this country.?

  23. Chirwa arrested?? This PF govt mafiosos are to be treated like knives that either serve you or cut you as you grasp by the handle or by the blade.

  24. I believe the ACC has a solid case against Clive Chirwa. I’m one of those people who tried to advise government with evidence how Clive Chirwa is just a conman and should not be appointed MD of ZR. Now I’m relived to be proven right. Unfortunately, sleepy Zambians continue to support him. No wonder former President Frederick Chiluba once said “Zambians are docile”. I’m sure Clive Chirwa is thinking the same when he reads blog comments on Lusaka Times that support him.

    • I think Chiluba was refering to you when he said Docile Zambians!You are arresting a man over rent? and money that was never spent.when the court clears him it will be Zeeeee. what is this obsession Zambians have with stealing.Forever accusing each other of being thieves.We all know how we used to obtain simple things like passports but applaud when we see someone charged with ‘corruption’ which is as abundant in Zambia as the sun is in Zambia.You think Chirwa left the UK to come steal rent money? He is an engineer and had dreams to transform our railway system that was going to help furure generations.You are so simple minded.It makes me sick to even converse with you.I’m out of here!

  27. More free publicity for Fallsway Apartments again this week, it looks like the minister of transport at the time Christopher Yaluma was also staying there. This is going to get interesting.

  30. When you called Chirwa to com to Zambia,what agreement was made regarding his place o residence,was he going to live in a tree?Am sue all involved knew that at some point he would have to rent a place if not a hotel.Even when he was coming,he must have been given leverage to chose a place to stay in at GRZ expense.That’s why when you do some of these things,donot allow your excited emotions get the better of you.I for me was actually fogetting about the prof,now you guys have woken sleeping dogs which will sleep at high cost than what he is accussed of having abused.Advise is you can never please zambians at all.Concentrate on major development if you have any than what you are pursuing now.

  33. This report makes very sad reading, it looks like Pro Chirwa was betrayed by some of the board members and there is no doubt that most of those in leadership are deeply involved in corrupt practices but go unpunished.

    • The prof. thought he was “clavel” you can not deny the board sitting allowances then try to enlist the services of your firm even if its in the interest of the ZRL!

  36. This is exactly what i have been saying right from when this saga started!! and i have not changed,still saying the same thing!..PLS all of you vagabonds supporting Chirwa, you should now SHUT IT!! and open your eyes next time!! CHIRWA came from abroad thinking is the more smarter than Zambians with real integrity, and so schemed to get himself that top Job for the obvious known reasons!!.. to grossly plunder public funds meant for revamping the countries infrastructure! and for poverty alleviation. PLS lock the greedy and thieving Professor that he is!!!

  37. This is the danger to be naive. If you want to be a politician, you need to sleep with both eyes open. Now when a carrot is dangled before your eyes, you dive for it and close your eyes. This is the end of the political career for this man if he is not sharp. Wait and see, if convicted, then it is the end.

  39. If this topic wasn’t so poignant some of your comments would be hilarious! How many people have been arrested by PF’s ACC since 2011?We have had all main opposition leaders arrested,opposition Mps like Nkombo,journalists,human rights activists,parastatal heads etc all these were arrested and there was lots of noise and excitement in the media initially.|For some the DPP put his tail between his legs and entered nolle prosequi for others their cases have been thrown out by the courts.Do you remember the gold scandal RB was accused of?How come we’ve stopped hearing about it.Zambians are so gullible .You truly deserve PF.

  41. Sata is a ‘genius’. He done what Mwanawasa and RB ‘failed’ to do. Put Chirwa’s political career to bed or on thick arctic ice. Seriously how can PF attract skilled Zedians in diaspora..???

  42. In dismissing the ZR board and the Prof, the Minister of transport told the nation that it was the board that was found wanting and not Prof Clive Chirwa, today he is appearing in court. Zambia awe mwe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • The Minister said no such thing. Stop creating your own facts. There are related stories below the article and there’s none where the Minister said what you’re alleging!

    • Lord Mwenda Njangula, I can not be held responsible for your inability to access information from other sources other than this site. Who told you i got that from LT?

  45. RIDICULOUS!! that is why am never going to go back to that God forsaken VILLAGE! am sure they’d even arrest you for speaking English with a proper accent.

    Thanks.

  47. Lusaka times, what is your problem? Why are you holding my postings? What is there to moderate when my comments are more civil than the published postings.

  48. Pro Chirwa is not an intelligent character. History has a way of repeating itself and one thing Africans are not good at is learning from history…In 1991 when the MMD came to power, Chiluba appointed Dr Kawimbe and minster of Health. The good Dr managed to convince a number of Zambian specialist in the diaspora to come work at UTH including a well know Zambian specialist in Canada. Kawimbe constituted the most professional UTH Board ever. When Chiluba fell out of favour with the intelligenia in the MMD he fired Dr Kawimbe and appointed Sata as minister of Health. Corrupt Sata stole money from UTH and ministry of Health transferring government money in his personal account. The UTH board could not condone is steal. Sata decided to fire the UTH board so he could steal better

    • If Prof Chirwa was intelligent he would have know that Sata does not like intelligent people around him. The skim to arrest him is well planned and the trap was lead out the day he accepted the job.

  50. Thats why Dr Scott is good friends with Sata because Sata knows that Scott is an educated F.O.O.L

    When Scott finished his Phd in the UK, he first worked at the ministry of finance as a research offer. Kaunda fired him for incompetence. His next job was minister of agriculture, Chiluba fired him for corruption (the swine scandal). Sata has kept him because he can feed is ego of having a useful F.O.O.L for a deputy

  52. @engneer australia. Skim? Australian English, perhaps?
    Seriously, these hard science-based professors seem to be possessed of bad judgement: first there was Mweene (mathematics). Now the engineer Chirwa. Making history!

  54. Interesting topic, but surely it will end up no where! prof Chirwa be firm and stay cool all the best. Well come to the club of intimidations and frustrations! Epashili pakuleka efyo balubuka nokwishibikwa bonse…

  55. PF a government of Kaponyas for Kaponyas by riff-raff Kaponyas.
    Appoint a qualified person on a blank slate, expect him to upgrade Zambia Railway Limited so as to sing PF songs once developed. The road map was absent at ZRL as the company was without ant board in place. In the mean time, without any condition of services, Prof Chirwa was expected to begin his task without any enabling action including where he was to be accommodated. What a joke of these Kaponyas.
    Sata appointed Chirwa who came with guidelines from his solicitors how to negotiate over his contract. Surely, during negotiations no PF govt official clarified the accommodation clause? Its frightening to experience PF is governing Zambia. But for how long?

  56. If Chirwa is clean will come out clean,why panic let justice prevail. Lets be real the government is borrowing you are busy spending carelessly is that fair.lets also learn to sacrifice for our nation.Anyway we are disappointed if really Chirwa committed those offences because i was one of the people that felt good when i heard that Chirwa is appointed C.E.O of Zambia railways knowing that he is a engineer. i felt bad when heard that he has plundered resources at Zambia railways.

  57. Typical Zambian twist. Official report did not find Chirwa guilty and the government decided to retire him rather than fire him. Why are these kabovas now trying to arrest someone who has been given a retirement package funded by tax payers? We are sick and tired of your incompetence.

  58. i thought corruption was not criminal in Zambia! otherwise Dora siliya and co. would not be cleared by courts of law to recontest.

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